| 1915 |
|
The
U.S. Coast Guard is founded to fight contraband trade and aid
distressed vessels at sea. |
| 1915 |
|
The
German navy attacks the U.S. freighter William P. Frye,
loaded with wheat for Britain. Propagandist
George Creel. |
| 1921 |
|
Albert
Einstein startles Berlin by suggesting the possibility of
measuring the universe. |
| 1936 |
|
A
fellow prison inmate slashes infamous kidnapper, Richard Loeb,
to death. |
| 1955 |
|
The
U.S. Congress passes a bill allowing mobilization of troops if
China should attack Taiwan. |
| 1964 |
|
The
Soviets down a U.S. jet over East Germany killing three. |
| 1986 |
|
The
space shuttle Challenger explodes just after liftoff. |
Born on January 28 |
| 1933 |
|
Susan
Sontag, American essayist and novelist (The Style of Radical
Will, Illness as a Metaphor). |
